Strip-serving device.



H. A. ADAMS.

STRIP SERVING oEvIcE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22 l9l4.

Patented Jan.16,19117.

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i H. A.,ADAMS.

STRIP SERVING DEVICE.

, ,APPLICATION HLD JUNE 22, 1914. Patnted Jan. 16

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UNITED *sfr TEsrArENToFFicE.

"nanny A. Annie, or Bs'ron, MASSACHUSETTS, AssIGNon To JOHN F. RYAN, or

l J BEDLOWS FALLS, 'VERMONL.y

1 w i v To all wkomz't may concern: 'L .I .Beit known that LjHAnnY ADAMS, a )citizen ofthe United States, residing at Boston, in the countyof ySuffolk and State of Massachusetts`,1ha`ve' invented' new and'useful Improvements in,`Strip-Serv1ng- Devices,

of which V the. followingy is a ,specxfica'tlon This invention relates to improvements in the -leadingend of 'thesilpply'ofL tape, being( the .end ,remaining after a moisteneds'ection has been severed, iskept dry, and yet 1s so i 2c held that it can conveniently andquickly be d. beginning with .levee up, end; and.. ,can/be meiste'ne'd rthoroughly even though it be thick and stihiby pressed against themoiste'neri with.a.h1g`h egree of tension after beingfstarted Awlitha moistene Aoftensicn.L i

Other objects arel to. ,prov1de. meansk by \vhich,thetape may be,v preliminarilyr prei pared foruse asa' l'abehbywritingjan adT .so dress orycther matter* uponvjit; Vapparatus which is capable of( holding with ,equal facility tape` of many .different widths; of holding this without the ,application ofany frictionto the supply roll, while meeting at 3ft', the same timelthe above defined requirements .as todraft tension, and of doing this with a roll of any diameter, or-oflarge variation of diameterwitliin commercial limits. Also to provideapparatus s uitableior use with gummedtape wound withthe gum side in or out, and 1n the foi'mercase,-providing for the very completefexposure rof that portion Aof the strip which isy being-drawn'forth so that itcan be severedwithprecisioiiut any' a feature which is'use- :fulin case the tape consists of "a, succession of printed labels. 15'" It is also an objectof the invention to Y provide apparatus .having the Werk-large storage capacity for moisteninfg' eter-which is characteristic of the structure illustrated, and in general to'provideupperutushaving the other advantages that are' characteristic v of the invention herein disclosed.

hese objects are'accomplished by the simerm-SERVING nevica. i 1,

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ple, 'effective and quickly` adjustable' construction Set forth herein, referencevbeing had tothe accompany/king drawings, -b'utit is to beunderstood that the patent is not limited to the particular embodiment of lthe in-` vention here 'chosen for' illustration; and that 'it' is the purpose'of 'the paten't'to'cover in they yappended Qclairns 'whatever features of putentable novelty'enfist' in the invention disclosed. I l

In'the accompanying drziiiiingszlfigure l isa side elevation,` in central section,'tlirough apparatus embddying the ir'rventionl; Fig. 2 in section on` the line 1sl a plan oi th'elsume; 22`of1 `ig1lgv Fig. 3f is entend elevation of 'e fragment, insection on the medial vertical plenefthrough theroll andstandard in` the top-,pnrt'o'f Fig. 'l beside it; Fig. 4f is a section "of a guide, being a detail, seen in en'd elevation, on the vline of Fig. 2; .F.ig. 5 4is an end `elevation,fviewed' fromithe 4rear;"`F-ig. 6` is a view of mmodiiicutionfof a detai'lf; and I1`ig.7'is'aiview of a modification of another detail. 1- i Referringto `the accompanyingdrawings,

'which maybegrubber pads. The -buse carries at one'end a pa'ir offuprights l2 for holdings supply roll 'of tape; iuits middle e boxkor reservoir 13 for containing water, 1n yWhichat the front end a moistening roll- '14. is immersed; and, j between the roll und the'uprights, lund -over the mein portion of the reservoir, a l.platen 15 whichmeyserve several purposes more fully defined hereinafter." The reservoir 13 consists of u `simple box,p'referably of ix-ietal, Water tight at its sides. '#'lliis may preferably have ey removjablefcover l'co'vering the .greater part yof its surface,A but' it is open atits vforward, end in order to yexliosevthe roll vliwhichfisvjournaled iifgblucks L7' carried on the inside of the reservoiry-whifch. roll projectsx up abovev the l'evel oftl-1e'1jiluten'r15-, .as illustrated in .'Fig. 1'. 'Under the bottom'of the buse is a spring latch' 18, projecting.forward l und 'thereTeachingup und ud'apted-.toenguge the frontend of the reservoir :uid hold it in pluce 'lhel'ilaten 15 comprises a suitable flat plete lying ou the 'top ofthebase and und wide enoughzto receive `the maximum Widthof tape `for ywhich theuppuratus is adapted. This muy be held rigidly in place by screws 19'.V Upon it tapeguides 20 are mounted movably,`with clamping screws 21 loc' los

1V-time )these .-guigles -with the platen? um BEST AVAILABLE COP` ritiing in slots 22' that extend tifziTSY/'ei'iy-Ttiis end the moistening reu is set at such -be adjusted tolany desired dixlxmliimwivomht line from the surface of the central line ot the apparatus, parallel te the )laten l5 enounters the 1-011 and has t0 rise t line of draft` of the tape, anduhmw@ to pass over itL/the crest of the roll .l

tened there. These guiues are stri is,

Curtyi; andata?, the .A manne-invita:muriraoamedigrdyw' tnpaluhsqbm t Cei lthliniiqtliugllt so that the leading end of .the portmpmhleh viumetnjcraly, dicpnged mitliiaidmqdlantbagim'mieivhiebaevmediund're- These 'seiii'esfeopepate'ila ithathq txiea'dcesiomoibgwihgngmwmmidgaigiiigeimhgn Emiliani to ithmrrlingitlwirehandof fthe :operatori enng roll '14 for alcimsderabledistance 2 and freely under the side guides issues'at a leve v BEST AVAILABLE CGP,

This beingl so, it onlylnecessary, in `o'rder to get hold of the tape, forth'e isser vto press his linger lightly upon the top of the tape on the platen near the blade'anflthen to draw it toward the mosteiiing `roll. The

tape moves easily and is thus projected for-` ward in a. plane parallel to and just above the plane on the platen 1 5 ,"so that the leading edge of the tape strikes the roll 151 and is deflected upward 'thereby to a position over the roll .where the user can seize it with .his fingers, and so candra'w forth as much more of the tapeas he wishes: As the tape the roll, it can be in" contact with a considrable arc 'of the roll while being drawn, and can be pressedxdofwn hard uponr it while so Y being drawn, onaccount of the eiiiciency of the tension,and 'so be thoroughly moistened. If'the llat style of blade 2% be used,`the ten`vu "sion, will ybe provided in any other suitable me'ns', as. by providing axial l'compression of the 'sup' ly roll 26, accordingto `methods that are a ready well known and in exten-l sive use and therefore donot need to be described here, or according to any other suit# able method. 1

.The guide roll' 27 maybe held by ears`28 projecting from the base 'and may conven.

iently beformed by journaling one end of this roll, as aty 29, (Fig, 2) in a simple hole through the ear, and by journaling the' other end, 30, in a slot 31, seen in Figgl extending upward and backward through the other ear. Furthermore said slot may` be lcut with a: slightly convex upper side,

having a minimum width'l a trifle less thanr the diameter of the pin 30, which is't enter it, so that in order to get the pin* 30' in, the slot has to be sprung open sli',e;htl`f,l the "pin then snapping down into itss'eat at 'the in# ner nd of the'slo't. A roll so'lieldiseasily removable witlr'alittle pressure inthe upward and backward direction in which the slot extends, but is I'iever'removable by draft y ofthe tape, because that draft is in a. direction which `draws the roll farther into the slot. r

The meansprovided for holdingthe supe` ply roll of' tape consists offthe uprighti standards l'12 which`,'lvfv`ith their attached parts, areof peculiar constructioiiiA Each pice hasjnearfits tol) a series ofslots .32

' enlargement 33 at the innerend, constituting a seat for the axial pins 3 l,"one of' which" p rojectsfrom adisk' at each sideof the" ,SlllUI'lyi'oll'of tape. f These axialpiiis'inay v'carry jclampiiigifscrews vand iiutswliidi are 4useful forholdin'g tlie f li slr inj place on the, iiprziglitsiilie'n there iswnov roll of .tapepres4 q it would ordinarily' be 'necessaiyto finake them respeotively" 'with right handed and" `provision of short pinsl'l (Fig. l) se' and'when therein prevent the disks from ro" below the level of the top of -of -a turn. A fresh roller can be iii tliemselvc's'consist o'l'fsliaped pieces of flat has a suitable sill 10.', at the rear and exleft handed threads to prevent their unscrewed Iwhen tlie tape 'roll tui even then the holder \would`be availa use for tape wound in one way only, with the gum side Ain or with the V`gum out. f

Another feature of'the invention is the being;

theouter side of the disks at a litle distance fronrthe axial i`ains,^,`wliieh l.. 1 follow the axial pins 34 into the slots tating. vThe connection of the disks te supply roll of tapef is by short studs 'preferably not exceeding a quarter oit an inch in length, adapted to enter loosely the axial hole in the lwooden spool on. wir. supply roll of tapey is customarily wound, When kthe apparatus is in use there is no direct connection between thepair of 35 between whichv the 'roll 26 is posit ont, andthe roll isft-hei'e'fore instantly removable 'by lifting'itand thetwo disks diagonally ufptward andbackwa'rd but of the elo a er 'looseningA the two nuts 36 a with equal facility. If the clampingyy 36 be omitted, the pins 87 may be oula fand vthe disk 35 will then have 'the "very vsimple' aspect seen in Fig. 6, with only a f Ashort'smooth stud 34fon one side which projects axially into 'a seat 33, and a short ysmooth stud 38 on the other side which projectsinto the roll of tape.v The disks are then held in place on the uprights l2 by the fact'that they are on the inner side of these uprights, andthat `the space between them is filledfby the roll yof tape. Under these circumstances therotation of the disks 35 will do no harm if it occursl 3 In the preferred form of the invention, in which the .tilting bladellis used for obtainingten'sion, the uprightslQ are set at distances'apart from eachother such that they exert no appreciable pressure" u on the supj ply roll; Each diskis merely eld station.- ary on' its standard 12/andthe supply roll ol! The described tape' support is, however, well the apparatlis'as a whole at all times and justinent forchangesii'r dihi'iieter or' the sup- "Asillustrated, (Fig. 5) the standards instal, the base l2 offeach being the horizontal part of the l.','an l the uprightpai'ts i of botli havii'ig their"cooperating!y axle pin seats3'3`(l4`ig.lj'atidentical elevations, To supportth'em; the main ba'se of the apparatus tending transverselyof the apparatus, proil BEST AVAILABLE COP`v d axial comi? rities develop. 'l the axial 75 f, an@ t extend' to its 'o a to, encounter erefore, is, in ly automatic, ve been rst eggward each '96 .,m togektlher vib r'f ralg tene y hlasupioll; The apme'nt/ dearran oers facihty 'erable weight s tha @he center 12o l roduc'tion '35 L 205% o rpepllicaton of egnbed mal v 'for the said axles tolet'tlie roll slip around is used.` Screw holes are rovided--by which it can be fastened rigi ly'down if desired, upon a `wooden counter; but the ture just mentioned permitsjits use on a glass counter-'or show :case where no screw' fastening is feasible; and` the securit is further enhanced b the fact that the raft or lthe tape upon tlie supply roll (in cases when any tension isobtained'by resistance of the supply roll)y is directed downward toward the'ba'se, by the guide roll '27, with the result that no matter li'ow hard the draft of tape on a frictionally held supply roll,

' hesive'and a holder" for a-supply rollof tapcoinpi'ising a standard, at' each 'end 'of 'the axis of the supply roll, movable in the direction of the axis to various positions Vfor holding rolls of different width of tape,

and stub axles supported by 'said standardsv *andada'pted to penetrate Ithe adjacent ends of the roll only a short distance, thereby be.

ing capable of holding rolls of either wide or narrow tape, and a base and` a device" thereon for engaging the standards at a plurality of locations, 1n symmetrical pairs, at equal distances each side of thepositionof closest approach',

2.' 't strip kserving device including in. combination a device for rendering tape ad.

hiesive and' a holder for a supply roll of tape comprisinga standard adjacent tojeach end oftlie axisof the supply roll,A stub axles `aacilapted to penetrate the adjacent ends of fthe roll; and plates on said-axles,l` perpendicular thereto, intervenin' between the roll and the adjacent standar s,"adapted to inclose between them the central part of the roll; the whole being arrangedfand adapted thern'and' for 'the togetheiiuyV i.

l l3. .A stripA 'serving devicel including 1n combination a device for renderin tape ad- "hesive and holder 'for `aysupp y roll of tape, comprising alstandard at each end of AXthe axisfof the roll; a plate adaptedto fit plates to' be spring-pressed between' 'thestandard and the rollat each i l vsaidplates'extendin 'inwar ndof the' roll;y and pins (projecting from' ly to form stub faxlesfA penetrating 'tze roll,fandz extendingI 5 hesive and a holder for a supply roll of `outwardly to be supported "in the 'adjacent stand-ard, said linwardly and outwardly `cx- 'tendinfg parts'dbe'ing removable `and replacej abl'e with the" plate' to which' they are 'attached as'fa single unit. f

l '24; AHstrip 'serving device including in combination a' device for rendering tape adextending outward tape, comprising a standard at each end of the axisof the roll; a plate adapted to fit between thestandard and the roll at each end of the roll; and pins rejecting from said plates extendin inwardly to form stub axles penetratingV the roll, and extending outwardly to be supported in the adjacent standard, 'the outward projection having a screw and nut clamp, whereby therplate and stub axle may be held on the standard, by compression of the standard between the plate and said nut, outside of the standard.

5. A strip serving device including in combination a `device for renderin tape adhesive and-a holder for a suppy roll of tape, comprising a standard` at each end ofY the axis of-the roll; a plate Aadapted yto .fit between thestandard and the r'oll at each end of the roll;and' pins projecting. from said plates 'extending inwardly to form stub axles penetratingzthe roll,- andf extending outwardly to be supported in the adjacent standard,l thev outward pro'ection having a screw clamp for engagin t e standard; `and there beings. lug on ecc plate, adapted to enga j the` standard to i prevent rotation theredf with respect to thest'andard.l

6. A fstrip servingdevce including in combin'lltion a device for'f'renderin tape adhesive and al holder-for a supply roll of tape, comprisinga standard ateach end of the axisof the'roll; afplate ada ted to fit betweeny the standard and the rol 'at each end of the roll; and pins vprojecting fixedly from said plates extending inwardly to form stub axles loosely penetrating the roll, and Q y to be supported in the adjacent standardthe outward projection having aiscrew clamp, the said standard having a slotin which the outward projec vtion is seated, andthe plate having another p 7. A strip serving device including in com.

bination a device for rendering tape adhesive and a holder for a sipplvroll of'tape,

' var S comprising L-shaped stan adaptedv to supportthe roll; a sill for suportmg the standards, provided *withy note es; a tooth fast on each standard-adapted to engage in any 'of said notches; and vmeans for clampl ing the' standard fast with its tooth so .engaged. y v u A stripl serving'v device including in combinatioii a devicelfoit `rendering tape ad- *hesive and a' holder for a su ply roll of tape,

`co'xripi'isiiiga sill; L-shape standards movfor holding" the roll; -and aterminal tooth fastoneac holding such engagement.

able thereon; 4means' on their upright portions .l standard and projectingdow'n# e ward from the horizontal portion of each' .there being notches in 'said siii in which said ,j terminal teeth may engage; and means for- BEST AVAILABLE COP mix 'hesive; a.

means for fastening them on the laten at 1positions parallel to t e direc adjustable tion of dra of the tape.

18. A strip serving device including in combination a device for rendering tape adhesive, a holder for a supply roll of tape, a platen between these two over which the tape passes, and tape guides adapted to lie on the platen along the edge of the tape and covering its adjacent top; said guides having end portions overlying the tape considerably 'and having recessed central portions overl ing it only slightly, whereby the tape is helyd with nearly its entire width exposed to receive writing.

19. A strip serving device including in combination a device for rendering tape adholder for a supply roll of tape; a platen over which the tape passes between these two; ta e guides supported. on the platen; thev p aten having slots extending transversely inward from each side at two places, nearly to its center, forming guide slots for adjustment of said tape guides; anda base for the apparatus having supports at each side for the platen forward and back of each of its said transverse slots.

20. A strip serving device including in combination a device for rendering tape adhesive; a holder for a supply roll of tape, comprising a standard at the rear; and a guide roll intervening between these two' said guide having' a projecting" axle 30, and the apparatus having a base 31, with slot in which the axle is adapted Ato enter, and the part of the slot wherein the axle nor mally stays beingslightly wider than the axle, the slot having a portion slightly narrower than the axle, whereby th e metal of thebase forms a spring closure holdingthe axle ili fplace.

2l. A strip serving device including in combination a devicefor rendering tape ad-j comprising a cylinder' over which the hesive, tape passes; a holder'includin axles for s supply roll oftape; a guide ro intervening between these two; all of those having parallel axes; a base supporting them having corrugations extending longitudinali line of draft of tape, whereby the holder for the supply roll 1s standardized as to an gie, in any of various positions; lo 'tudinal guides for the tape, and means w ereb said longitudinal guides may be standar ized as to an le and position for the edges of different widths of tape on a line perpendicular to said axes,

22. A strip serving device including in combination a device for rendering tape adhesive; a holder for a supply roll ofrtnpe at an elevation; an uncovered writing bed platen over which the tape passes at a lower elevation, intervening between the two said elements; and a guide element extendin below the surface of the platen, exten ing across the path of the talpa at the beginnin of the platen, whereby t e tape is smooth upon the platen.

Signed by me at Rockingham in the county of Windham and State of ,Vermont this 17th day of June, 1914. V

, HARRY A. ADAMS. Witnesses:

J'. N. RYAN, G. H. THOMPSON.

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